Luxor

[ luhk-sawr ]

noun

1. a town in S (Upper) Egypt, on the Nile: ruins of ancient Thebes.

Luxor

/ ˈlʌksɔː /

noun

1. a town in S Egypt, on the River Nile: the southern part of the site of ancient Thebes; many ruins and tombs, notably the temple built by Amenhotep III (about 1411–1375 bc ). Pop: 183 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

Trouble began out on Thursday at about 17:00 BST after police officers attended an address on Luxor Street in the suburb to assist social workers with a "child protection matter".

From BBC

That location is almost half a mile from where the trouble began, on Luxor Street, showing how far it had spread before it began to calm at around midnight.

From BBC

Mehwish Ahmed, who lives on Luxor Street, where the incident started, described children and social workers being removed from a house by police officers.

From BBC

West Yorkshire Police said officers were initially called to reports of a disturbance at an address in Luxor Street at about 17:00 BST, but that further "pockets of disorder" had broken out.

From BBC

It turned out that the family of an archeological foreman in Luxor had been tending to a grove of sycamore fig trees for many generations.

From New York Times